...while Ned, feeling that something was expected of him, availed himself of a certain rhyme, beginning, " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. " And of this appropriate ditty he repeated as much as the clergyman gave him time for, and he astonished...

...persuasion, had been induced to lisp out — " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed I sleep upon ; Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head, One to read and one to write, And two to guard my soul all night." Another agony for mammy ensued, nor could...

...life to the two Promoters Of the Great Loch Lomond scheme." MISSED. MCNP Died September 20, 1879. " Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head ; One to watch and one to pray, Two to bear my soul away." OUR angels, sure, stand round That small spot of moonlight ground, Where...

...in your little crib at Burrough, and said — " Four corners to my bed ; Four angels round my head ; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. " And who could doubt it (if being pure themselves, they have instinctive sympathy with what is pure),...

...infancy ; and to it he added the senseless words he had overheard the old woman repeat, beginning with " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, bless the bed that I lie on." The one form could not be called praying to saints any more than the other was praying to God ; for...

...your little crib at Burrough, and said — ' ' ' Four corners to my bed ; Four angels round my head ; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on." And who could doubt it (if being pure themselves, they have instinctive sympathy with what is pure),...

...family and their false doctrines. Well, the poor people of England had something in them at least of " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on," AT FEASTS. 71 as the Bishop jeered them. They had common humanity, pity, self-denial, at least. Before...

...With the good air, tall form, and comely wig * ' Four corners to my bed, Two a-foot, and two a-head ; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on.' Of Doctor Mackey— I in fear began To say, ' Good heaven, preserve me from the man !' — But fears...

...to the two Promoters Of the Great Loch Lomond scheme." MISSED. M. 0. NP Died September 20, 1879. " Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head ; One to watch and one to pray, Two to bear my soul away." angels, sure, stand round That small spot of moonlight ground, Where the...

...witches can't hear the Lord's name, and stay, nohow. Maybe Miss Vessy'Il say in Meshach's old hat : ' Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, bless the bed that I lie on.' " That'll make the old devil jess fly up an' away." "No, gals," insisted Aunt Hominy, "cammermile is...